The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, November 17, 1899, Page 2

12 bl ] THE the EMIER DENOUNCES PR ENEMIES OF THE REPUBLIC » ber of D ep- 3 wd [ v E PRESIDENT e e < War Secretary Choice of | " | the Administration. L 1 it £ R x [ LT d ked ERESTS ' THE' COAST. Land Office Reports, Army Orders and kerstie mmissioner General lio. to- of the La day. It sk California to celved, district—A petises Amount Brock Lewis M. Kohler, #d to San 10 the Army 4 Fourth r comima of Califc Alfred W. I fantry, will By of War Private Emil first Infantry, now at the Francis is tra private 1o the B! to Angel Isl “fom the Servics. Californ Origtnal—w1 Mam - Hubbard, MHollister, - $6. Orig widow's, Elizabeth £ Lalimontiere, mother, Ban Bernardino, $13.° War with Spain—Louise J. D. Ban Fran- ciseo, 0. Original — William Bmith, rancisco, Penstof! 1- on: . ‘Increase — Harry - 8. Tacoma, 3 to $12. _Original ber d Novem! 12. widow's, « 6, Bridget Di e Ko s s d 2 WORE BEGINS AT OXNARD. ] The Tunnel When Completed Wil | Be. the Longest in the State. SANTA BARBAR/ 1. ~Work has o mmenced on the big t el of the Suuthern Pacific Company near Oxnard. the first step taken by the com- € their main line to the - Santa Clara Mountains, of Chatsworth Park instead way of Sauta Paula. The tunnel wil be over | was p WITNESSES EULOGIZE DUKE OF ORLEANS French Senmate Resumes Ifs Sitting as a High Court of Justice in Conspiracy Cases. Senate to-day, | THE SAN FRANCIS CO CALL, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1899. - Jovernment, the Premier pointed out, | udged on its acts and lh(‘i bifore the Chamber. He do- o machihationg of the enemies | and justified the trial of high court on ng was preparing | n insurrection, and sald: Ve did not think we ought to walt ntil the coup d'etat was accomplished. | \ In fact, the Chaniber will do us justic The Government will respect the concor- at, ever confuse the state and | i clergy with certain religious =, which are Increasing in power and yming more and more menacing.” » remarks were greeted with re- ftist cheers and Rightist pro- | e Premier concluded with saying | ernment’s programme was in- spired by the wish to constitute society strong . enough to in: pect for the n of every one, posa respect put insdtutions. The pro- me.would serve as a rallying flag | bilcans. rmer Premier Meline satd he destred | r reaction nor revolution, and con- | e Government in s access to power. He ed that the high court. trial sen sent before the ordinary | y drew forth violent Lefiist ie Epeaker also =ald he op- sed the programme of the Government.| the treatment of General Negrier, d he wanted a conell L tve policy, as the 1 an nternal peace In order to turn its en nations. Centrist ap- remark. he day were then pre- | accept- t amber, ing the acts of the Covernment In republic, proceeds to the | ed, and pived l:\l(h ud Lefuist ligu th and it is estimated that it the n line by ten the | i Los Ange- | <h sh, nce- s time was the direct 1t visit of H. E. Hunt- 1 Wilifam Hoo nt of work @ of the re on‘ar MRS. MAYBRICK MUST SERVE HER FULL TERM English Government Has Refused the | « Request Made by Secretary of State Hay. N, Nov. 16—F aybrick, confined in been given up and her friends h Government had u r nta- of Embas: rin, the case is not one in which clemen- »uld be exercised and that Mrs. May- inust continue to serve her term of couraging to the n for her release nost earnest bear upon Hay whe: nd as Sec- The ity that has r. “especially ichael Da- position ‘as- | | WHALER EN.OUNTERS | A BIG WATERSPOUT ey Continued from First Page. meat purchased arluk was only a | Smith did e last Wedn: was dropped N 1 of fare. Instead of m, we have still a | s boar 100k thirty-two sperm whales. Of the sperm 1 were taken in the Ok-| Jay etght whales were i the men’ co; r second to n's work. ' Early in the crew was drowned. A one E ad been struck and the monster | ca d the boat.. The men were picked | up, all save one who got caught under a | thwart and was drowned. Like other ves-'| scls of the fleet, the California was caught | in_the electrical storm of November 10. The whaling bark Alaska eame into port with her flag at half-mast. .On November 9 Captain Cogan’s son Joseph died of ty- phoid-pneumonia. The bods was brought to. port and will be burled in Mountain View Cemetery, m.- Alaska Jleft here for the Kotzebue Solld country early in the year. After redd{ving a report from the men who went | up 4n the vessel in 1595, Captain Cogan | weiit on A whaling cruise and caught twa. | whales. . The six men who found gold n | the district are still there;..but John D. | 'al) decided not to winter in the coun- try,- All Captain:Cogan knows is that the | men found gold in considerable quantities, but the digeings are a long way from the | headynters of the river and. hard to ge! a . Tallant did not want to “spen in the Arctic, 50 he went to the Sound, and came home on the | From Kotzebue the Alaska went to Cape | Nome. and as . there is plenty of .accom- | modution on her, Captain Cogan brought.{ down. fifty-six gnld hunters who wanted to reack San Frapeiseo. All of them have | ore_ot-less :gold and all are going baci | the spring. - Typhold 1s :prevalent - at | the cape, and Captain Cogan's sor- had | the seads .of the disease.in his system Lefore he started for home. His. death has nearly. broken his father's heart, .-He wak only 21 years of age and leaves a host of friends In Alameda. ‘Joe" Cogan was # partievlarly bright man and was of a lovable nature that made everybody | who - knew him a firm frlr?d. Among the crew of the Alaska a Filf- pino and. an ex-American soldler were found working. gide’ by side. Loulstipa Relon was the Filipino cook of -the steamer John Rellly and went to iho Arctie before the war with Bpain broks out. . A. Sharp was formerly-a private in"the Seventh California. Regiment, and he also.went to Bering 8sa ‘before the war,. Toth got.a passage home on' ihe Alizka #ndl learned of the fighting in the Phflippirie for the first time from' Cap- an. . : The Willlam Baylies brought John - D, Tallwit, the banker, down - from Cape Hope.. Hé has very littlo to_say about the Kotzebue Sound country, but he will return 1o the gotd flelds o the spring. Whether. he 1s going to.. Kotzebue - of Nomé he will not say. . He.1¢' looking in svlendid health and has grown fat.© The Afretic has certainly agreed -with Mr. Tal- | langg, s he Jocks fen years. younger -thap when he salied awny. two years fgu. . here * two fatalitiee on. the Wil- Uam B On May 24 Captain Charles Buckley accldentally” shot himself, ~ ' He -€un out. of th | | soon as An LOUISVILLE the vote in t MODUS VIVENDI IS NOW ' WORKING SATISFACTORILY Indications Decidedly Aéainst Reopening in the Immediate Future of Negotiations Looking to a Permanent Adjustment of the A WASHINGTON, Noy. 16.—The ind ooking to a permanent adjustme: lutely no exchanges on this Pauncefote. The modus vivendl, whic working satisfactorily. The Administ the Senate to any permanent treat of both parties. This is believe: Nonie gold flelds at the expense of the in the future by diminishing the value the part of Canada in its claims to thi | Dei050008410801080i080800000 0000000000030 000D Wwwmmw“mo ht, he nd It went off. d affair’ were vely last May. burled at 8 he thoug 1 of t in Z s before the captain ac- himself Gus Smiley, one fell overboard and was vy shot satlors, drowned. It was pitch dark at the time breakdown in her machinery There i a roma: the storles of df brought in by the w young me J the of n £ the « have h Aretic ¥ are Antone of the bark boatheader ha ad very s arc a-ringing MUCH WRANGLING OVER KENTUCKY’S RECOUNT | Work Proceeding Very Slowly, While Charges and Counter Charges Are IMade. Nov. 16 Ky wily that g t e fact e precis voters had been soldiers. When the vote ¢ h Precinet of the Ninth ched by the Commissioners to-day it was found that there was no complete record of the v Jedge Hargis, Demogratic he would produce afidavits to prove that the Democratic officers in this precinct from the voting at Governor Brad- On this a ble to make out cou the retur ead, for the R publicans _said he would produce evidence to show that the s were never within a mile of the precinct and that ons for not (5\9 Democrats had other r £ S. L ing the returns, s the precinct until la WAITERS ON STRIKE. Employes of Hotel Rafael Walk Out in a Body. SAN. RAFAEL, Nov. Baron von Schr charge of the Hotel Rafael .there been trouble. The waiters complained that they were un- able to obtain the proper food for the ac- modation of the guests’ palates and Ir grievances to Steward e indifference voted to Ever since b only sed the bitter feeling already exist- M. J. Sullivan, the head nced to the management his men intended to quit n and pleas wej and Suiliyan led his men Lut rguson and 1 to remain breakfast and agreed to do sp. an brought over a new Crooks passed the veranda of the ceived a man crawling out of the dining room window and reported the fact to Manager Halton. ThinKing there was a plot_on foot among the employes to rob the hotel dining room of silverware, Hai- ton notitied Cor bie I vis Hughes and puty C ible George Agiew was sent out to guard the institution. Noth- ing of Interest happened and Agnew re- turned to town this morning. “The trouble arose through a disagree- ment between the steward and the wait- ers,” sald Manager Halton this evening, “end 1 have had nothing to do with it The walters will probably tell all kinds of stories, but their statements should bs given little credence. pluni e S e QUIETLY WEDDED. Walter L. Hollenbeck and Helen Mambly Made Husband and Wife. PACIFIC GROVE, Nov. 16.—Walter Lawrey Hollenbeck of this city and Miss Helen Mar Hambly of Safi Francisco were quietly married In Salinas on November 14, the ceremony being Ferhrm!d at the rectory of St. Paul's Eq scopal Church by Rev. L. C. Sanford. ~Immealately after they were martied Mr, and Mrs. Hollen. beck came to Paclfic Grove, where they are spending_ their honeymoon. Mr. Hollenbeck s -the -only son of Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Hollenbeck of this city, the family being one of the . wealth and most prominent in this section, is alsé a grandson of the late H. G. rey. of San Jose, one of California’s earli- cst: ploneers. For some. time past Mr. Hollenbeck has Leen engaged in bustness in Santa Barbara. ~relelis SLEPT ON THE TRACK. dy Hes a Narrow Escaps From Death. NEWMAN; Nov. 16—Thomas Brady, a ranch hand who has been working in this vicinity of late, was In. town last. night and rvrrox to go to bed yntil the hotels were all closed.. As the night grew cool be lay down on a pile of warm cinders on the main line near the depot, and falling asleep was run over by a passing freight train. Both loas were horribly mangled and 1t was found necessary to amputate the left oneé ‘below the knee.’ He is.a natlve of New Jersey and sald to be a relative of W. A. Brady, the fight promoter. o Roberte Makes a Settlement, SAN RAFAEL, Nov. 16—John P. Rob- erts, the plasterer, who was arrested on complaint of his wife and charged with battery, deeded is° property ‘10 her to- ¥ 5 ure proved a balm ao rs. Roberts’ wounded feelings, she wit| drew the complaint and:. Roberts was re. leased from custody, He departed im- mediately :for San - Franclsce: e " To Cure a Cold ih One “Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, All er s refund the momey If it fails (0 cure. rugEist Thomas Bra feared that even a moderate proposition 10oking to a compromise could not be framed that would meet with the approval '~ true only of the present time. mer condition and the incentive to reach it from the sea is removed, it 18 felt that there will be a diminished interest on vening he per- | laska Boundary Question. ications are decidedly against any reopening in the immediate future of negotia- nt of the Alaskan boundary question.. It ean be stated positively that there -has subject between the two governments since the return to Luis country of Lord h was adopted to detine temporarily the respective rights of the two parties, is ration has convinced itself that there-is little chance of securing th~ -pprovai of ¥ defining the boundary line which would securé the adhesion of Canada, and it is The recent extraordinary development of the Cape population of the Klondike may possibly makeé the question easier of adjustment of the issues between the two countries. Once the Klondike is relegated to its for- D Do e at seaport! s e s writing and Dr. Brisloe complied. After walting for two hours another Boer camé and informed Dr. Brisloe that as General Joubert was very far away no answer to the request could be furnished until to- morrow morning. The Boer safd that it Dr. Brisloe would then return with a white flag he could SHIPBUILDING WAS DISCUSSED ralls the British alighted and exchanged volleys with the Boers. The engine-driver, | When the ralls were replaced, seeing the | position was hopeless, steamed back to | Estcourt with a few of the Dublins and | fifteen of the Durbans, including Captain | Wylle, who was wounded, on the tender. tlation to one of its members upon the erful skill shown in the design of a cer- acht, whose record In the intern induced me to characterize this bin year for naval architects. te prospect of another challenge makes aution you that all your éner- equired to meet certain condi- rse to the shipbuilding interests ry 3. b the political, moral or constl- | {s unknown.” 1 aspects of a policy of expansion it is : ithout advantages to shipbullders. The | The Natal Mercury, describing the en- ce number of vessels purchased by the Gov. | Bagement, says: ment last year for the use of the army and | *“The enemy apparently opened fire with navy. tosether with the Increasing use of | a Maxim and two nine-pounders, getting n the Atlantic and Pa. | Severe that telegraph wires and roportion of our export and carried in American bot- to be mentioned and last aller than ever before. To ‘make s D a respectable one would re- quire ten the number of American ship- | ds working st full time for a number of | While we have the materials, the tools The 1 now *nta. | and big gun fire was too much for the cial point is in | brave little party, which was weakened organization of the multi- | at the outset by the overturning of the i trades which it includes. | trucks hurting several. e e e etion. “Proguc, | “Lieutenant Churchill's bravery and upon a market and upon traders | Coolness were magnificent. Encouraged 2 profit to be made in ship owning un- | by him, all worked like herves in clearing ler the laws of the United States. the line to enable the engine and tender Following s a list of the papers read: | to pass.” Coaling v is at sea,’”” by Spencer Miller, Later detalls show that a heavy rain ‘ and mist compeiled a cessation of firlng. ‘auses- for tion_of water | e St i ¥y; B | Lieutenant Churchill bravely carried the cboig=bd for | Wounded to the rear under fire. While the The | Boers were destroying the train thelr eships Kearsarge | scouts pushed in and exchanged shots Contructor J. J. with the British pickets a few miles from | Estcourt. It appears that the Boers were | in ambush. As soon as the train had passed up they emerged from cover and dislodged the sleeper bolts. ACCUSED OF FIRING ON THE GENEVA FLAG ESTCOURT, Natal, Monday, Nov. 13 (noon).—The West Yorkshire Regiment increasing compli- structor Lioyd Banksond U Hyslop's paper was made_ inter- by the fact that In October last he ahoard the Mohegan, which was 1in the English Channel, and he he 128 passengers saved. n of the reading of the the technical discussion he dangers of overdeveloping | has arrived here. The bombardment of F. King of Washington, | Ladysmith has been resumed. Heavy 2 n engineer at Sparrows Point. | firing was heard early this morning. An ma. de some re of the me to which a majorit St armored train was sent out on a recon nolssance toward Colenso. He began wit a reference to Ericsson and to the fact that the Monitor had been built and| The armored train on its return re. launched with her machinery aboard in | ported that the Boers had blown up the 100 !l‘r 2 ::m: ;lrv:clo}v’\l 17;"'“’.1'(}:“‘ sald, | Jine between Colenso and Chiveley. Not L T e hetatce of | much damage was done, but the rails were bent and a small culvert destroyed. On seeing the British patrols the Boers retired. Every day lessens the chance of the Boers coming farther south, Kaffirs report that a force of 400 to nature. He thought s should train its men to vessels, as they wfl;e t : “but can we? he The ability | Boers, with wagons, is going In the direc- to ‘hustle’ can only be acquired by years | tion of Colenso. This Is said to be the of pra Deepite the deplorablé end | goraging party previoust yhted. The of the . he concluded, “no_spe- -2TAEINE P e _ Th « faults could be pointed out that she | Kafiirs also repord that General White's conod.” | cavalry has had an engagement with the Naval Constructor Bowles said that he | Boers at Bester's station. The result fs was sorry that this time had been selected | not known. for a revival of the subject. *It is @ most | 3 viclous subject,” he sald. “It would be | A message from Ladysmith just re- very unbecoming of me to say anything | celved gives a few detalls of the occur- derogatory to Ericsson, hut the fact re- | rences of Wednesday, when the Boer mains that his work was Very faulty in | enell fire was contintied durlng- the s pects, despite all the gentleman | 1 iy guperted they attempted to delibe is statement seemed to meet the ap- | ately alm at the convent in the cen- proval of many of the members. ter of the town, where there were only WRECKED AND BRITISH TROOPS WORSTED The Boers attempted a demonstration Continued From First Page res; against the western defences; but it was never serious. The groups appearing at long range were easily scattered by the fire of a machine gun. The total British easualties during the brisk bombardment were three men, though some damage was done to cattle and property. CAPTURED FUSILEERS BEMOANED THEIR FATE LONDON, Nov. 18.—The Times' corre- spondent, under date of Sunday, Nov. 12 (evening), says: “Chaplain Matthews “arrived here to- day. He testifies fo the splendid defénse of the Royal Irish Fuslleers. and the Gloucester Regiment "against - an. over- whelming force of Boers, who held posi- tions on three sides of the British troops. Retirement on the fourth side was im- | possible as the way -was toe precipitous, | and surrender was the only alternative to-annjhilation, as the Boers were 6n the point of. opening a shell fire upon -them. large scale will commence along Cape Colony and the Free State frontier as soon as the first army corps is completed. BOERS DEFEAT BRITONS ON AN ARMORED TRAIN English Troops Headed by Lieutenant Churchill Suf- fer Most Seriously. STCOURT, Natal, Wednesday, Nov. -—An armored train, having on board a half company of Durban volunteers and a half company of the Dublin Fusilfers, steamed to Chieveley early this mornin, bemoaning their misfortune, several with tearful “eves crying: ‘Father, I. would rathér have been shot than this.* “‘Commanddnt General Joubert ordered Father Matthews' ralease on - coridition | that he assist the Boer wounded, but afterward countermanded the order and | the chaplain was taken with the otfier prisoners In wagohs twenty miles to On its return it was shelléd by the-artil- | Weschbank, where he, with-the rest cap- lery of the B placed in four positions, | tured, was:placed on a tratn ¢ Pretorin. Two trucks front of the engine left | The Boers have few tents and are thought the ralls, toppling over. While the train | to be suffering severe privations. was thus helpless the Durbans and Dub- | “While in Pretoria Father - Matthews iins faoced the Boers in skirmishing order | understood . that ‘Prestdent Kruger was ard the Boers poured shot and shell into | about. to visit Natal to encour: the crippled train, The derailed trucks | burghers there. Many empty trucks have were with great difficulty removed and been sent to Natal, but the Boers deglars the line was cleared when the engine and | that thése are to bring the Ladysmith E! 15 tender steamed back. garrison to’ Pretoria,” During this juncture Lieutenant Win- 2 : o BOER GUNS BEING ston. Churchill' of the Fourth ‘Hussars, and - son- of the late 'Lord Randolph Churchill, -Meplayed much courage, -as also did. the driver and fireman, -~ . . It is feared the Dublins and ‘Durbans fn:d badly. A Red Crosi cul ISTCOURT, Natal, Wednesday, -Nov, 15-4:60 p. m.—At 8 o'clock this evening the. Red. Cross train returned, Dr, Brisioe re- ported’ thaf, on meeting the Boar-patrol, he was halted and asked what he wanted, :He replled’ that he had. come with the ' correspondent {n Zuhiland train to remove the killed and wounded, | that ‘many 6f the Hoers whe- fou The Boers told him to make his request in | Dundee are now quietly plowing, DURBAN, Natal, Monday, Nov. 18.— General . Hildyar has arrived hére, Hs brought & message from Gereral Builer: expressing . -his' high Natal's coutSe throughout the crisls ana miration for the way the volunteers ana -colonlal -forces fought, 3 3 - | reports ghit ar and thagy The fate of the remainder of the Durbans | and Dublins and of Ldeutenant Churchill | j turn here have finally found their way WAR CLOUD NOT HOVERING OVER THE MIKADO'S LAND Japanese Government in Sore Finan- cial Straits and Could Not Fight Against Russia. Special Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyright, 1809, by James Gordon Bennett. SHANGHAIL, Nov. 16.—I have just re-| Experfenced and well Informed residents turned” from. & trip through China aid|are also unanimously of the opinion that Japan, where I went to investigate ru-| no war cloud is hovering over Japan. mors of possible rupture between Russia' They declare that Japan cannot g0 to war, and Japan—rumors which have been mys- | for want of money. The Government is terlously and persistently circulated for | slready In great straits, 1 was told by some time and which I learn upon my re- | persons in positions to know, owing to the enormous expenses incurred in main- | taining the tremendous standing army and navy, which is now only on a peace footing. In addition to these rapidly in- creasing expenses, civil bureaucracy Is also assiming wonderful proportions and requiring great financial outlay, Many of the more educated young Japanese have lately favored reduction of the army i3 order to decrease the debt. nto print through English channels. I can state authoritatively that these rumors .of an approaching war find no corroboration whatever among Japanese officials. In fact, Japanese officlals point out the fallacy of such rumors by declar- ing that Japan is in no. position to go to war, even if she had the disposition to do 80, owing to the conditfon of her navy. | ' count upon and aithough a boat was lowered and the from General Joubert. Dr. purl:lo:q;:\): Revoral minutes, he could not be found. Quired whether there were many wound- “The John and Winthrop had a most un- | 3 ed. e Boer replied that he h vt John and’ Winthroy M. Only ons| Yavali | ‘Architects® and|fhes e LanE sevon, L EE ao?fin’e‘fi‘ifi hale ket e e | Engineers Meet. glve any Information regarding. Lieuten- since Captain Macomber has been trying s Vinston Churclil. 1t has rained al to beat his way into port. There W mf =t ESTCOU Tov 10 s ! » age COURT, Nov. 16.—Seven of the Dur- e o Theaaner the men | Special Dispatch to The Call. bans have just come in, making twenty- complain that they were not ;‘r;;?e;'s)_ NEW YORK, Nov. 16.—The seventh an- | three missing. Only fitteen of the Dublins treated oy Captaln nual convention of the Soclety of Naval | AV returned. The Natal seven-pounder Tully henter and that none of them had s | Architects and Mining Engineers began | Which was in front of the truck, had fired | too pleasant crulse. The un denies here to-day. In the absence of President | three shots when it was shattered by the | the storfes in toto, but the sailors assert| C. A. Griscom, Rear Admiral F. N. Bunce, | Boer artillery. The .armored engine has that they are going to complain to _H“j U. 8. N. (retired), called the convention | M&ny bullet marks and its dome cover is T St D o Windes of her t0 ONder. A large number of engineers | SMashed, as also is its automatic exhaust 1.-1‘,»,.;:11;.,» 11(,,"&:‘.-“1": 1:"‘] o ame home Were present. In the preliminary business | PiPe and twenty-five ton screw Jjacket. Da grenter part Of the journey unler | transacted Rear Admiral Sampson was | The tender is also pitted with bullet S 5 elected first vice president, made vacant | Marks. It is rumored that Lieutenant The Belvedere broke her crank shaft | by the death of Wililam H. Webb, and W. | Churchill is a prisoner. and had to drag her propeller he She 1 Babcock was elected to succeed Ad- | DURBAN, Natal, Nov. 16.—The Natal gav 9 v miral Sampson in the council. Advertiser has a dispatch from Estcourt, e The annual address of President Gris- | Which says: 10 the A . The: £ com was read by a member. In part Mr. When part of the armored train was whal & the season, and would Griscom sald: overturned by the Boers turning up the have ¢ tter had it not been for the e soclety will undoubtedly join me in con- poles | were destroyed. Thelr guns were posted | Twelfth Lancers on board, has arrived at on a kopje covered with brushwood and | Cape Town. their sharpshooters were hidden behind bowlders. The Dublins and volunteers, | fighting an unequal battle, thrice drove the enemy back, but the flerceness of the rifio | | } *It, was pathetie to hear.the. Fusileers| age the | WITHDRAWN FROM DURBAN| appréciation : of'}: | ANOTHER VESSEL FIRED ON The new battleships and cruisers which are now building for Japan are far from being completed and Japanese officials to whom I talked cited this fact to substan- tiate their statement that Japan would not be likely to declare war with a for- | elgn power under such conditions. I was also told, as further corrobora- tion that no war is imminert, that the men at the halm, real e Government, w pan to go to war with financial. ald could be ide source. any power unless secured from an nothing will induce them to return to lh-' battle-fleld. Most of the guns in pos tion around Durban are being withdraw and all fear of a Boer attack and all panic who was a member of gation to the ‘Peace Conference at The Hague, published a card in the OM- clal Messenger in which he expressed his the Russian dele- have disappeared. There I8 no confirma- | regret that the horrors of war should tion of the report of General Joubert's have appeared within two months after death. The Ha nference. He declares, how R ST ever, that the had not at- tempted to avert but to soften the laws and usages of war, hoping thus to mitigate the evil - = ADVANCING ON ESTCOURT. LOURENZO MARQUEZ, Nov. 15.—The Standard and Digger News of Johannes- burg, on Tuesday, published official ad- vices confirming the report that 360 Boers vancing on Estcourt arching of the mines eontinu no startling = discovertes have bee: 1ade beyond the finding of & case of in- ting documents in ope of the shafts ing to the reform couspiracy at the time of the Jameson raid. VISITED BY DIPLOMATS. Representatives of Britain, Italy and China at the White House. WASHINGTE 16.~The British ahd Italian Emba BY A BRITISH CRUISER LONDON, Nov. 16.—According to a dis- patch from Durban a British cruiser has again fired on a vessel entering Delagoa Bay and refusing to reply to signals. Two blank and one round shot were fired be- fore she hove-to. The vessel was then boarded, her papers examined and she was allowed to proceed. The transport Mohawk, baving the The transport Armenian, with thre batteries of artillery, has reached Dur- ban. - ALLEGED BOER DEFEAT. ESTCOURT, Nov. 16.—A missionar ative, but a reliable man, who arrived here yesterday from Ladysmith reports unteers went out In the early morning | .n)is Baron Fava, the Itallan Embassa- and drew the enemy from thelr position | Gor contir s inflyence to- s to exert hi into a flat, where the regular troops, u ward the set ent the Loulsiana der Sir George White, outmaneuve Iynchin the Chinese Minister is them by outflanking the Boers, adminis- al ’('f, the G lopments 'hT tering a crushing defeat and Inflicting | powers ‘keeping open great loss. More than 200 Kaffirs, the mis- ports controll them. slonary says, were employed by the Boers FIRE AT LOS ANGELES. Building Owned by Methodist Con- ference Destroyed. 1.0OS ANGELES, Nov. 16.—A fire started to-night from an unknown cause in the warehouse on San Fernando street, oceu- pled by Murry & Langdon, d=alers in hay, gra d coal. “1‘{.'1 ‘wmqr.r-r-uw nrrd clr‘nl'r}ll TS"‘"HQ ly destroyed. The s placed & i Z)_d e E The bt '3 was owned b to bury thelr dead, and two trains, each drawn by two engines, carried away the wounded. ——— SHORT OF ARTILLERY. LONDON, Nov. 17.—The Times pub- lishes the following dlspatch from Pleter- mariteburg, dated Wednesday, November 15: teourt 1s short of artillery. The gar- rison may retire to the Mool River, south- ward, to-night, in case a strong force Boers should advance. The enemy's In- tention is to P back the British re- lleving column, St s CAVES FOR SAFETY. | LONDON, Nov. 16.—A dispatch from Pletermaritzburg says a letter has been received there from Mr. Lloyd, Commis- e iy Collins Leads. BOSTON, Nov. 15.—Complete from the vote at th election for Mayor, Patrick A, Collins 168 to the nominating conv: — - Off for Her Trial Trip. returns I CEWPORT NEWS, Va., Nov. sloner of Agriculture, aated Ladysmith, | ( NEWPORT ¥ Kentacky November §, asserting that all was well; | [0 CO% T New Yor 5 K that the bombardment continued dafly, peinl trial trip place but without damage, and that the resi- | per 23 off the Massact ts coa dents occupled caves during. the daytime. 2 Senator Hayward Worse. from Ne< ¢ to-day indicate that Senator wotse, His right side ls now alyzed and he speaks with difficulty, then only in monosyllabl 16 DE MARTENS' REGRET. ST. 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